The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-19

fces and look them over carefully,
and you will find all the valuable
offices filed with Democrats. The
people who come here now to ask for
places find as much difficulty now in
getting track Of an eligible Office to
apply for as they had in getting one
at first, when they were all supposed
TO be free plumber. You see them
wandering about aimlessly, or con-
sul,ing their ffiends or the "Blue
Book" to see what there is left for
them. Generally they conclude that
they are left, rather than the places,
and go home hopeless.
CURTIN AND WADE DEPRIVED OF THEIR
SALARIES.
Something of sensation was Gre
ated yesterday when Sergeant-R Arms
Leedom received an order from Comp
troller Durham, of the Treasury, or.
deriDg him to withhold the salaries of
Congressman Curtin, of PennsylvaDia,
and Wade, Of Missouri, alleging that
they are indebted to the government
on account not 81 t led. In the case of
Mr.. Curtin, he is charged with owing
the government 1914 SO on unsettled
accounts while Minister to Russia.
Mr.. Curtin claims thst he does not
owe cent OF the claim, and that this
state OF affairs is shown because of the
poor system of keeping accounts at
the Treasury. He says he has not
been given the proper credits.
Ia Mr.. Wade's case, he clsins posi-
lively the same thing His unsettled
account grows out OF his connection
with the Tnirty- fist Ohio regiment
during the war as Lieutenant of one
Of the companies. He was detailed
by the officer of the regiment to act ss
a disbursing officer when the Depart
ment here bad no knowledge of his
assignment. He was charged with the
supplies, which were all disbursed un-
der ordere, but the Treasury in max
ing up the accounts was not in posses
sion of the fact that he YVES a tempo
rary disbursing officer. Mr.. Leedom
said last night that he would cot rec
ognizs the Comptroller's order without
frat consulting counsel. A few years
ago, when like attempt was made to
stop payment of the salary Of the Ex-
Congressman 0chiltree, il was decided
that the pay Of the Congress man could
thus be withheld. a
MRS. LoGAN's PENSION BILL DEFEATED
IN THE COMMITTEE.
The bills granting pensions to Mrs
Logan and Mrs. b air, widow Of Gen.
Frank Blair. we're defeated this morn
irg in the House Committee on In
valid Pensions. There were two alb
sehtees-Messrs. Pidcock and Els
berry-when the commi ttee met. The
members were arrayed in parry liner,
z Democrats voting against and Re-
publiclns in favor Of the bills. The
adverse majority reports on the Logan
and Blair bills will be made by Messrs
Ssope and Taulbee respectively, and
the favorable minority report by
Messrs. Conger and Morrill,. 1t is I'M.
derstood that the ba is of the opposi-
ton to The bills is reluctance on the
pat OF the ma ority oil the committee
to the continu nee of the policy Of
granting high pensions to widows Of
officers who did not die from injuries
incurred in the service. The only
precedence for passing such bills ere
found in the cases of the widows and
families of Admiral Farrsgut, Gems.
Hancock, Thomas al d Grant, and the
majority OF the committee believe that
it would be bad policy to follow thess
prece dents, in view OF the fact thst
there are shout 100 surviving widows
OF officers who would be then entitled
to pensions, who are now excluded by
the general law.
Mr.. HEAD A LITTLE PREMATURE.
A letter wac recently received ct the
Treasury Department from Mr.. R. G,
Head, president of the Internf tional
Range Association, askiug that an
order be issued prohibiting the i'm
porting OF cattle into he United States
from all countries where contagious
diseases exit. The Secretary has in
formed him in reply that under the
exiting department regulations the
import alton Of meat cattle from all
foreign countries except Canada, is
only permitted under strict quaran-
tine. He Gays further: "a late careful
investigation made by this Depart,
ment, through the Department OF
State, shows conclusively that no in
fectinus cattle disease now exists in
the Dominion of Csnada, and recent
advices received from the Commits
sioner of Agriculture, who, under the
law has charge OF all quarantine mat
tsrs, are to the effect that no con-
tsgous diseases have tesn introduced
into this county from other foreign
countries. In view OF these facts, the
Department must decline at this time
TO force the prohibition requested in
your letter." ..
TARIFF CoNFERRNCR.
The conferees will hold another
meeting on Friday night 10 review the
draft of the bill as drawn up by the
appointed tonight, aud the
bill will be introduced in the House
by Mr.. Warner cary next week. 1t
is expected that the bill will catch
votes all along the Appalachian range,
aud in Georgia and Tennessee.
ANOTHER coMMuNIsTIC ROMAN oATHo-
Lie PRIEST.
The Rev. Father Chapslle, the
French pastor of st. Matthew's Church,
the fashionable Catholic Church in
Washington, created mild sensation
10 his sermon yesterday morning, by
giving utterance TO what members of
his congregation present considered
doctrine. The infect
was "The Marriage Feast of Canaan"
and the purpose of the pastor was
mainly to diGcuss the attitude OF the
Catholic Church on the subject OF
ard divorce. After treating
at lepgh this part of the subject,
Father Chspelle Is reported by num-
bar of persons who were present to
have made a depression, as a con.
81 quence OF passing sliusion to
Christ and the usuTers in the temple t.
show the attitude of the church toward
usursrs and great capitalists. The
burden OF bis remarks was to the If.
feet that concentrated wJath was ex-
eIcisiug an evil il fluence upon the
~eifars of the people and there must